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What is the standard period to save old documents?

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Question ajoutée par Mohamed Mounir Emam , Maintenance Engineer , Dubai Municipality
Date de publication: 2017/02/06
Gideon Akpan Iquaibom
par Gideon Akpan Iquaibom , QA/QC Engineer , Ciscon Nig. Ltd, KM14 Aba/PH Express Way, PH, Rivers State

It depends on the Standard that an Organisation is subscribed to. But for Quality related document/ record, the minimum should be five years according to API Spec Q1 

Utilisateur supprimé
par Utilisateur supprimé

It depends on the concept, policy and performance of each company. Also, the kind and value of each kind of documents counts.

Gregorio Jr Flotildes
par Gregorio Jr Flotildes , Document Controller , Bojamhoor Mechanical & Electrical Co. Wll.

I never delete saved files.  If the files are no longer needed I scan them, save them in an external hard drive and compress the files so it won't take much space.

Edna Rabano
par Edna Rabano , Receptionist , National Paints Factories Co. Ltd.

Throughout the business’ life.

 

Mehboob Hussain
par Mehboob Hussain , Trainee officer , Arysta

This depends on the scenerio or situation of yours assignd work.you should save it for long time both in hard and soft copy.you can make many copies of it.

Rashmi Topinkatti
par Rashmi Topinkatti , Senior Project Engineer , Wipro Technologies

Hi,

 

Standard period of saving documents would be 4 months and then in Records Management it archives the data for backup purposes.

julius de guzman
par julius de guzman , Document Controller , Saudi Arabian Fabricated Metals Industry Co. Ltd. (SAFAMI)

Standard period to save old documents maximum 20 Years.

However, we can keep files by scanning and saving in a hard drive.

Mohamed Mounir Emam
par Mohamed Mounir Emam , Maintenance Engineer , Dubai Municipality

Mr Mohamed Shewady Salah El-dine

yes, i meant the standard time for archiving old document as a hard copy.

 

Mohamed Shewady Salah El-dine
par Mohamed Shewady Salah El-dine , Tender Coordinator , Mohamed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons

Dear Mr. Mohammed,

Are you mean the standard time for archiving the old documents, like for how many years you should keep your old documents till you get rid of them?. Please advise.

Thanks

Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
par Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

It depends on the type of documents in question and the local regulation in the country, in some countries you have to save some documents for specific period by law.

Asfar Thazhath Palliyil
par Asfar Thazhath Palliyil , Senior Document Controller , Penspen International

All the Document Control Records to be archived Permanently

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